EMANTHI-NEWSBLOG: Jul 27, 2022

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

කුමන බාධකයක් මැද වුවද සිය ආදරය අතනොහරින බැඳීමක නොමියෙන සෙනහසක් ගැබ්ව පවතී (උපුටා ගැනීමකි )

Supreme Court Extended The Foreign Travel Ban Imposed Against Former Premier And Finance Minister

Supreme Court had today (27) extended the Foreign travel ban imposed against former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakshe and his brother former Finance Minister Basil Rajapakshe .after considering a fundamental rights Petition files against them in the court .

The fundamental rights petition files against two Rajapakshe brothers had been taken into consideration before the bench of five Supreme court judges headed by Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya today .This petition was filed in the Supreme court requesting to issue an order to the government to launch an investigation on those who are responsible for current economic crisis in Sri Lanka..

Galle Face Protester Dhanish Ali Who Was Arrested Yesterday Remanded Until 05th of August

Galle face protester Dhanish Ali who was arrested whilst at a flight to Dubai at Katunayaka International Airport yesterday (26) over forcibly entering the State broadcaster Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation premises along with few other protesters few weeks back ,had been remanded until 05th of August by the Colombo Fort Magistrate Court today (27),

The suspect was remanded after being produced before the Colombo Fort Magistrate court today ,Dhanish Ali who is a resident in Webada ,Kurunagale area was charged for entering Rupavahini Corporation along with few other protesters on 13th of July and made the Television station to stop it's transmission for few hours .He was also charged over damaging state property during a protest held in front of Police headquarters on 09th of June .

State Of Emergency Had Been Passed In Parliament

The gazette notification issued by the President Ranil Wikramasinghe regarding the implementation of the State of Emergency had been passed in Parliament with a majority of 57 votes today (27).

During the voting 120 MP's had voted in favor of the Gazette notification and 63 were voted against it .A Day prior to the voting the main opposition Samagi Janabalawegaya (SJB) Party had announced they will vote against the state of emergency .

Ten MP's from the Independent group which had broken away from the government bench a few months ago had voted in favor of the state of emergency along with the government group. .